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Korean War POW Arresting Trying to Leave China
2003-11-17
This shows what a bunch of really despicable bastards South Koreans are
The Chinese police have arrested a North Korean couple that was attempted to escape to a third country from China. Jeon Yong-il, 72, a South Korean soldier captured by the North during the Korean War, and his wife Choi Eun-hee, 68, are currently being held in custody by the Chinese police, said Kim Mi-hwa, a relative of Jeon who defected to South Korea. Kim said Monday that Jeon and his wife escaped from North Hamgyeong Province in North Korea last June and had been hiding in China. The couple sought refugee at the South Korean Embassy in Beijing on September 15, but were rejected. “The embassy official told them that he’d see them in two weeks, but when they returned after two weeks he refused to meet them,” Kim said. The couple was arrested during their attempt to flee with the help of local residents to another country. According to Kim, Jeon enlisted in June 1951, during the Korean War, and was taken prisoner in July 1953 by North Korea while serving in the South Korean army. Jeon’s four brothers still live in Yeongcheon-gun, North Gyeongsang Province, thinking until recently that they had lost their brother during the war. The Ministry of National Defense announced that Jeon’s name was missing from the list of 1,186 South Korean soldiers who were verified to have been abducted during the war. A member of the National Memorial Board said that Jeon was included in the list of the deceased for September 1951, and his rank was private first class.
Posted by:Michael

#6  Nice to know the South Koreans have a State Department just as screwed up as the U.S.'s...
Posted by: Pappy   2003-11-17 10:20:26 PM  

#5  While Japan is confronting the NK about kidnapped citizens, the South Koreans are humming a different tune. Can you imagine what would have happened in this country if Capt Spyker escaped to Lebanon before the war and the governemt let him be taken back to Iraq?
Posted by: Super Hose   2003-11-17 5:22:52 PM  

#4  IS, How about 'CHINA SUCKS ISLAM SWALLOWS?' for a new name?
Posted by: Swiggles   2003-11-17 4:00:56 PM  

#3  Please, allow me:

WHERE'S THE LIBERAL OUTRAGE ABOUT THAT "WORKER'S PARADISE" CHINA SCREWING THESE PEOPLE OVER?!

Where's Michael Moore or Babs? Why aren't they sounding off about how oppressive and 'Big Brother' the Red Chinese are being? Nothing but hypocrites and liars.
Posted by: exposing_socialists   2003-11-17 3:48:27 PM  

#2  Jeeeez. I may have to change my name to China Sucks.
Posted by: ISLAM SUCKS   2003-11-17 3:08:54 PM  

#1  Jeon Yong-il, 72, a South Korean soldier captured by the North during the Korean War, and his wife Choi Eun-hee, 68, are currently being held in custody by the Chinese police, said Kim Mi-hwa, a relative of Jeon who defected to South Korea.

These people aren't kids anymore. Who knows how much longer they have to live? For heaven's sake, give them some dignity and allow them to go home.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2003-11-17 2:31:09 PM  

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